|
Refuge for Ethiopia's Jews
From:
The Washington Post
| Date:
December 13, 1987| Author:
Marina Ottaway
| Copyright 1987 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information
|
RESCUE
The Exodus of the Ethiopian Jews
By Ruth Gruber
Atheneum. 234 pp. $19.95
IN 1984 the secret and daring "Operation Moses" spirited some
10,000 Falashas out of refugee camps in the Sudan and brought them to
Israel. Ruth Gruber has written a moving but simplistic account of
the operation, glossing over controversies, problems and the
fundamental issues surrounding the Ethiopian Jews. Her thesis is
simple: the Falashas, a persecuted minority whose fate had w...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
 "The Economist (US)")
|
Coming home to a strange land. (Ethiopian Jews brought to Israel)
The Economist (US)
; OPERATION Solomon, the airlift of more than 14,000 Ethiopian jews from Addis Ababa to Tel Aviv, those rare moments of proud collective achievement that the Israelis do so well: an impressive illustration of Zionism in practice. it would be even more impressive if the israelis were as good at making
|
|
Middle East History: It Happened in May; Jews From Ethiopia Face Discrimination On Arrival in Israel
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
; MIDDLE EAST HISTORY: IT HAPPENED IN MAY; Jews From Ethiopia Face Discrimination On Arrival in Israel By Donald Neff It was five years ago, on May 25, 1991, that Israel airlifted the last 15,000 Jews from embattled Ethiopia and flew them to Israel in a daring emergency operation. The action, called
|
|
An honor for the man who helped rescue Jews
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; TAKES FIVE MARTIN F. STEIN An honor for the man who helped rescue Jews Thursday, April 26, 2001 Eighteen years ago, when he was national vice chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, Martin F. Stein volunteered to go to Israel to witness some of the first arrivals under Operation Moses, a secret, two
|
|
Facing racial divisions in Israel.(Commentary)
The Washington Times
; Racial upheaval hit Israel recently as nearly half of the black Jews from Ethiopia launched a peaceful Jerusalem protest that turned violent. Thus came the latest, strange episode of among mankind's strangest peoples. Long known as Falashas -which means stranger or foreigner in Amharic - they were
|
|
Ex-Mossad agents claim state has abandoned them. Ethiopian Jews who aided Operation Moses say they havent received enough compensation
Jerusalem Post
; ... Ethiopian Jews who aided Operation Moses say they havent received enough compensation Byline: RUTH EGLASH Edition; Daily Section: News Page: 05 Tuesday, June 3, 2008 -- Dozens of Ethiopian Jews who assisted Israel's Mossad during Operation Moses, which brought ...
|
